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Makin' a Joyful Noise
The life and times of the
(slightly) fabulous LIMELITERS

by Richard S. Ginell

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 436 pages.

59 illustrations

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The Limeliters were the most vibrant urban folk group of the early 1960s, second only to the Kingston Trio in popularity at their peak. Author Richard S. Ginell, who has known and interviewed the trio over a span of more than four decades, brings the whole slightly fabulous story of The Limeliters to life for the first time.  Learn more...


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Delvings
Italy, Sex, Heresy, Astronomy,
and Other Things...

by Edward Alberic Gosselin

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 176 pages.

38 illustrations

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Post-1870 Italy, sex and forgiveness in Michel Foucault, the new Messianism of Giordano Bruno, mathematically accurate Astronomy from 350 BCE to 1987 CE, and a history of the future from Earth to Proxima Centauri b: these are the topics examined in Delvings, a scholar’s lifelong study of the history of ideas and humanity’s search for truth.  Learn more...


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My Year at the Good Bean Café
A Novel
by EA Luetkemeyer

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 228 pages

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"The strangest novel I have read (and enjoyed) in many years…trust me when I say you’ll never be bored.” - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

An unlikely and inexplicable event prompts Adrian Lomachenko to abandon his role in the world of high finance and pursue a career in writing, his long-repressed true calling.   

This quirky work of metafiction is a story about itself and its own creation. It explores the nature of identity, the process of becoming, the imponderable intelligence of the Universe, and the magic of art in all its manifestations.  Learn more...


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HEAL NOW:
Time to Un-sick Yourself
with the 21st Century
Guide to Wellness

by Robin H. Miller, MD

Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25 inches,292 pages

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Dr. Miller provides tools to promote healthy aging and longevity and constructive ways to avoid acute medical care in a broken system. When you know what your body needs, it's easier to thrive for many years to come-and to make those years fantastic to the very end. 

Heal Now covers everything from eating right to moving your body to keep it toned, to small changes that can lead to BIG benefits.  Learn more...


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Invisible or Invincible: Your Choice

by Robin H. Miller, MD

Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25 inches,144 pages

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As women age in our society, we are often marginalized. It is important that we optimize our health, find our passion, and pursue our dreams.

We have wisdom, knowledge, and experience to offer but may be discouraged by society’s views of aging. In this book you will find the tools to rise up, be the strongest and best version of yourself, and master the skills you need to become invincible.  Learn more...


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Rediscovering Darwin  
by David Loye
The rest of Darwin's theory
and why we need it today

Softcover, 204 pages, 6 x 9 inches
Extensive bibliography

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"...makes the whole evolutionary theory hang together as 'Love-in-action.'" - Ken Wilber

David Loye is an internationally known psychologist, evolutionary systems scientist, and author of thirty books including the national award winning The Healing of a Nation.

In this new work, Rediscovering Darwin, Loye describes the true Darwin: a visionary moral thinker, not a mechanistic random-evolutionist. This is a groundbreaking book by a world authority on the writings of Charles Darwin.

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Men Shake Hands  
A Creative Reminiscence
by Dennis Britten

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 430 pages,

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Follow Davey as he lives the ups and downs of his childhood, grapples with unanswered questions, and delights in the awakening that singing brings him. Visit the world of post war Oregon in the 1940s-50s through the eyes of a sensitive boy. Men Shake Hands is a heart-grabbing story creatively based on the author's life as he was growing up, told from Davey's own point of view.  Learn more...


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Grandma, Tell Me a Story...
About Bears

by Lynn Ransford

Illustrations by the author

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 66 pages

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In this delightful collection of true tales, the author vividly captures surprising personal encounters with bears: short stories her grandchildren want to hear about over and over. Readers of all ages enjoy the funny, sometimes scary, tales of a novice hiker and backpacker. Learn more...


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Grandma, Tell Me a Story...
About Critters
  
by Lynn Ransford

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 104 pages,

50 illustrations by the author

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The second volume of Lynn Ransford's true stories for readers of all ages. Critters includes Lynn’s experiences as a school teacher committed to teaching kids about life science. In this delightful book of stories you’ll learn how to feed a snake, about when she spilled a zillion baby crickets on the rug, and what happens when a stink bug is teased. You will read about Queenie the King Snake, Gus the Guinea Pig, Ted and Linoleum the Toads, rats, mice, moles, and raccoons, a tarantula, an octopus, and many other colorful animal characters along with funny, sometimes poignant, human adventures.  Learn more...


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Naked in the River  
by Arianna Khamsaly

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 246 pages
39 black and white photographs

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"It is not too much to ask for everything under the sun."

An American singer-songwriter, recording artist, wife, and mom shares the inspiring details of her life's journey so far. Her raw and colorful story is filled with laughter, tears, courage, and honesty.  Learn more...


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A Twisting Journey  
by Ed W. McBee
Southern Oregon Backroads Guide
to the PCT

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 200 pages,

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A high country road trip along the Pacific Crest Trail, spanning Southern Oregon from California to the Willamette Pass. Region by region, the color photos and unique hand-drawn maps guide hikers and wheeled travelers to key intersections of the PCT and major roads. The pages are packed with valuable information on camping and fishing, optional side roads to lakes and waterfalls, and opportunities for day hiking in the surrounding environment.  Learn more...


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The Emerging Healer  
by Chevonna Gaylor, LMFT

Print and eBook

Softcover, 5 x 8 inches, 112 pages,

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In this insightful narrative for therapists and mental health professionals, Chevonna Gaylor models the process of exploring your own personal story to support your growth as a healer. She shares her experiences, hoping you will consider your own. Ideas for clinical application and a processing question are provided at the end of each chapter, to stimulate your thoughts about the content.  Learn more...


The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering
by Sharon Mehdi

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Softcover, 6.5x6.5 inches, 44 pages

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In 2004 Sharon Mehdi wrote a little story about two grandmothers who stood in the park to save the world. It sold many thousands of copies, it was translated into half a dozen languages, and was trandformed into a play. Now, in 2020, we need the grandmothers more than ever, and their daughters and their granddaughters.

Lucky Valley Press was delighted to re-design and produce this new edition of The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering.

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Soul Companion: A Memoir

by Judy Hilyard, RN, MN

Softcover/hardcover
230 pages, 6 x 9 inches

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After a 47-year career as an ICU nurse, Judy Hilyard took a completely different road and became an Anam Aira, a soul companion, for those who have died or are in the final stages of dying. Soul Companion is the story of what Judy has learned as she cares for souls on both sides of the Veil.

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Aunt in the Amazon
La Tia en la selva Amazónica

by Diane Wallace

A true adventure coloring book story
in parallel English and Spanish

Illustrations by the author
Softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 80 pages
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This coloring book story in Spanish and English takes you on the author's own canoe trip on the Amazon River. It's the perfect book for bilingual families with kids of all ages. The engaging and true story will inspire curiosity about the world, interest in other cultures and a desire to travel without fear.

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PURSUIT
Book 1: Ya Kuwinda

by Brandon Wiggins

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 282 pages,

Also available as eBook

Distributed by the author
through IngramSpark

Author Brandon Wiggins brings a wealth of knowledge of politics, science, nature, and current events to this engrossing and entertaining work of fiction. This impressive debut novel combines an appealing heroine, non-stop action, an exotic setting, whip-smart humor, romance, and science for an epic adventure worthy of Indiana Jones.

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Body Wisdom  
by Dr. Gerald J. Senogles, D.O.M., L.Ac.

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Secrets for Achieving Health,
Happiness & Longevity

Illustrations by Katy Cauker

Print and eBook
187 pages, softcover, 6 x 9 inches

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In Oriental Medicine, covering up symptoms with drugs is not good enough. Dr. Gerald Senogles was one of the first 50 graduates in the field of Oriental Medicine in the United States. He has been in private Oriental Medical practice since 1979. He shares his understanding of how we develop disease conditions and how to treat the root causes.

"sage volume...practical, beneficial guide...
appealingly relatable" –
Kirkus Review

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Color Historic Jacksonville  
by Anne Brooke Hawkins

34 pages, softcover,
8.5 x 8.5 inches

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Jacksonville, Oregon is recognized as one of the West's outstanding examples of a nineteenth-century mining and agricultural town. Nearly unaltered by the passing of time, Jacksonville is a living depiction of an era long past.

Southern Oregon artist Anne Brooke Hawkins has captured 28 of these historic buildings in pen and ink. Fun for colorers of all ages, the pen and ink drawings are perfect for for colored pencils, crayons, markers, or oil pastels. Find it on Amazon...


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Year of the Dragon
A Colorable Graphic Memoir
by Debbie Chinn

Softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches,94 pages

35 images to color

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The first in a series of "colorable graphic memoirs" based on the themes and stories of "Dancing in Their Light." It is an homage to Chinese New Year, representing new beginnings. A fun, educational, and intergenerational activity to inspire you to learn more about the cultures and norms of Chinese New Year.  Learn more...


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Dancing in Their Light
A Daughter's Unfinished Memoirs
by Debbie Chinn

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 290 pages

172 B&W and color photographs

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A Chinese immigrant family, a South Seas nightclub on Long Island, and strange confluences of fate. Growing up during the 1960s and 1970s, the author was a gawky teenager by day and a performer in her family's nightclub by night. Her childhood was filled with entertainers, politicians, priests, nuns, Hollywood and Broadway celebrities, barflys, gamblers, sports icons, and the mob. Now a leading arts activist and CEO, Debbie Chinn weaves a colorful tale of her unusual upbringing.  Learn more...


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Disturbing the Dust
Memories and Recipes of China Alley
by Arianne Wing
Foreword by Chef Martin Yan

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 264 pages,

62 vintage photos, 64 recipes

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China Alley is a prime example of a unique and well-preserved California Chinese settlement community. Disturbing the Dust chronicles four generations of Wing clan cooks and chefs in China Alley. Artfully interwoven, their stories, recipes, and images capture Chinese American experience in central California from immigration to the present, from a thriving city within a city to its preservation, from simple noodle house to four-star restaurant and beyond. Wing family memories linger in the reader’s mind. Their recipes drive readers who cook to their kitchens and dining room tables.  Learn more...


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Boss  
by Charles Osborne

The story of S.F.B Morse,
the founder of Pebble Beach

Hardcover with dust jacket
166 pages, 6 x 9 inches
75 vintage photographs

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S.F.B Morse first arrived on the Monterey Peninsula in 1915, and fell in love with the pristine forested hills and spectacular Pacific coastline. There he created a playground for his wealthy sporting friends and called it "Pebble Beach." This definitive biography is the first time his story has been told. Info and links to retail sources...


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Penitentiary Tales:
A Love Story

A novel by EA Luetkemeyer

Illustrations by the author

Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 404 pages

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In the 1980s, Dean Davis, a 30-something, educated, straight white male from affluent Sausalito, California, is sent to an Illinois prison filled with inmates from the mean streets of Chicago. What challenges does he meet? How does the experience affect his social and political consciousness? This witty book is an honest look at Dean's experience, but it's written with humor and is meant to be kind of a romp. As the author says, the book "will appeal to adventurous and intelligent readers of all persuasions who appreciate a literary walk on the wild side."

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Poetry Takes Flight
Birds of California
by James Roethe

Softcover and Hardcover
8 x 8 inches,188 pages

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California author James Roethe has been an avid bird watcher all his life.

In this richly illustrated book, 77 birds of California are presented in poetry and 130 full-color photographs.

This is James Roethe's sixth book and his first book of poetry.
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Scruffy: The True Tale
of an Orphan Doggie

by Susan Corning

Illustrations by Christine Eyer

66 pages, 8 x 8 inches
softcover/hardcover/ebook

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Kindle by Amazon

This story is told by Scruffy, a little dog who lives with a poor family in rural Colombia. They are displaced by war as soldiers descend and take over the homestead where the family has lived for generations. As the family slowly makes its way to the city they are forced to sell their remaining possessions, and Scruffy somehow becomes lost in the big city! Inside this uplifting story is a powerful message about marginalized people, opression, and hope. Learn more...


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Inspiration for Living  
by Judy Tatelbaum

212 pages, softcover, 5 x 7 inches
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Print and eBook editions

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Judy's classic book, The Courage to Grieve, has helped thousands of people through the grieving process, providing specific help to face pain and grief and to recover and grow from the experience. Her latest book, Inspiration for Life, is a collection of 100 two-page essays which originated as articles in her popular email newsletter. Written with honesty and compassion, this book is destined to be another classic in the field of grief. Info and links to retail sources ...


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MIGRATION  
by Richard Rawson

154 pages, 6 x 9 inches
softcover and hardcover

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The compelling story of seven generations of the Rawson family, from the governing councils of Puritan Boston in the 1600s to the rich farmlands of southern Michigan two hundred years later. "Migration" brings a fresh perspective to America's earliest western movement.

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Eleanor Bobbin and
the Magical, Merciful,
Mighty Art of Kindness
by Sharon Mehdi

40 pages, softcover, 6.5 x 6.5"

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The world is in chaos. Rancor and retribution rule the day. Greed and fear have been crowned King of All That Is. For many, there seems to be no hope. And yet... and yet... hidden beneath the helplessness and hopelessness there is a glimmer of light, of forgiveness, compassion, kindness or love. Such little words but they can create miracles and make the impossible possible. They can heal lives. And sometimes, whole communities. Just ask Eleanor Bobbin. Info and links to retail sources ...


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The Nealons of Table Rock  
compiled by
Katherine Nealon in 1973

244 pages, softcover, 8.5x11"
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In 1973 Katherine Nealon wrote and compiled a history of her ancestors, who homesteaded in Southern Oregon in the 1880s.

Lucky Valley Press created a digital replica of the original hand-illustrated typed manuscript.

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The Abandoned Car
  by Stephanie Rosenbaum

A Sandy Connors Mystery

248 pages, softcover, 5 x 8 inches

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Twenty-one year old Sandy Connors is a very curious green-eyed blonde, whose fascination for mysteries takes her on some wild journeys.

A book for young adults, in the tradition of the Nancy Drew books. Learn more...


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Feeding Alice  
Shelley Schachter

124 pages, softcover, 8 x 9 inches
Recipes, food essays,
and food photograpy
Limited edition published
independently by the author

Carmel valley, California, has long been known for a wide array of fine restaurants, and Shelley's kitchen was one of them. In this ode to his wife, Shelley shares his favorite recipes and his four-color photographs of the meals he cooked for Alice. Find it on Amazon...


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Jesus and the Practice of the
Golden Rule - a Book of Hours

by Art Schuller

198 pages, softcover, 5 x 7 inches

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"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Those 11 words, known as "The Golden Rule," express the core essence of compassion and love. This pocket-size book is a useful contemplative and devotional tool in the real life day-to-day practice of the Golden Rule.

IStructured like a medieval "book of hours," the book presents several meditative texts daily for seven days, along with the author's own loving and perceptive comments. Learn more...


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FOCUS  
Finding the Hidden Messages
in Your Personal Photographs

by Christi Koelker

210 pages, softcover, 6 x 9 inches
Dozens of color and b/w photos, illustrations, charts, tables

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Your own snapshots—new or old—contain more than you might perceive at a casual glance. They're a moment of interaction between people, surroundings, and light itself, and are filled with intriguing clues and hints. With detailed examples, and dozens of charts and color illustrations, Christi Koelker will teach you the art of Snapshot Archeology. Learn more...


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Forging Faith  
by Gates McKibbin
Direct experience of the divine

eBook

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The ultimate source of freedom is faith. But like the most rewarding accomplishments, your faith becomes more profound especially when it is challenged and then affirmed. This penetrating volume of messages from spirit will enable you to reach deep within yourself. You will discover what tests your faith, what supports your belief in the unseen and how you can sustain the courage to serve spirit throughout your life. Find it on Amazon...


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Sobrietease  by Martha Carucci

192 pages, softcover, 5 x 8 inches

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For many, the word alcoholic conjures up images of the person on the street with a brown-bagged bottle. But what about the mom next to you at the PTA meeting? This is a humorous and heartfelt story about a suburban mom's journey through recovery and sobriety into a better life. Read it and weep and hopefully laugh. Learn more...


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